After three avaunt-garde albums, two Beatles albums, a few singles and a solo live album John wanted to enter the studio with Yoko but this time with more of a focus on songs in contrast to the improvised soundscapes or one-off singles they previously released. Enlisting Ringo and Klaus Voorman as backup John and Yoko recorded a sparse but eclectic album. Clearly influenced by their recent Janov Primal Scream therapy sessions the album is said to be John's best solo effort since 1968.1. Mother
2. Touch Me
3. I Found Out
4. Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City
5. Working Class Hero
6. Well, Well, Well
7. Why
8. God
9. AOS
10. My Mummy's Dead
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Reality Notes:
Because the leftovers from John's Plastic Ono Band album are as good as or better than the ones we took from it for the upcoming Beatles release we will save this album by combining it with the Yoko album of the same name. Both of these albums were recorded at the same time and with the same line-up which gives it a consistent sound and feel. I used the shorter and more accessible Yoko songs to flesh out the leftovers from John's album and arranged them in a way that they play off each other nicely. The album becomes simply known as The Plastic Ono Band and becomes the measuring stick for future solo projects by John and Yoko both together and separate.
I used all released versions with no edits or modifications. I did preface Mother with Something More Abstract which is a 47 second bonus track from Yoko's album. The vinyl album would be split between track 5 and 6 with about 24 minutes per side. The surprise effect is how Yoko's pieces become more listenable when mixed with John's.
12 comments:
I always thought that Plastic Ono Band was the name of the band, not the name of an album. It was the way MTV showed it back in the 80's on their half hour show Closet Classics Capsule. And I was surprised not to see "Give Peace A Chance" on that album. That might have been on the album before it. Please e-mail me and/or you may post a public comment in response.
Plastic Ono Band was the name of the group but because they recorded two albums at the same time (one John's and the other Yoko's) they were called "John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band" and "Yoko Ono - Plastic Ono Band"). Because this is a compilation of those two albums I called it simply "Plastic Ono Band".
Give Peace A Chance was the first of three stand alone singles recorded by John with a Yoko song on the B-side. It was released in 1969 followed by Cold Turkey and then Instant Karma in early 1970. Which is why they are not included here.
Thanx for listening.
Was the Yoko Ono song "Remember Love"? I found this link: http://music.aol.com/album/give-peace-a-chance-us/192932
It's interesting to learn that it wasn't on an album but still was a hit. All 3 of those did make it on Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon. I'm guessing because the 3 45-RPM's were already out for sometime before the 2 Plastic Ono Band albums, they didn't feel a need to put those songs on the albums, or if the recording sessions were too far apart, it might have been explained in an interview. They had enough songs for both Plastic Ono Band albums. Doing a search on Plastic Ono Band, I did find with both of their names in front of it just as you said.
Both Plastic Ono Band albums were conceived and recorded as complete works which is why no previous singles were included. (It was not unusual in the UK to keep singles off albums except for "best of" compilations so fans would not feel cheated buying the same song twice.)
The line-up of the band for these sessions was Ringo on drums and Klaus Voorman on Bass. Billy Preston provides some piano on the track God but otherwise John plays all guitars and piano.
While most of Yoko's songs from this period seem improvised later albums from her were more thought out and composed ahead of time.
Thanks! Now I'm trying to remember if Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon was John's original recordings or a cover album, or were both John Lennon's compilation and the cover tribute called Working Class Hero?
Don't forget that Phil Spector plays piano on "Love." But that tiny point aside... Mike, you're right, they were both called "Working Class Hero" I think.
Do you mind reuploading this?
For some reason 4Shared keeps flagging this as infected with a virus. As soon as this is resolved I will re-upload. If you have an alternative way that I could get it to you I'm open to ideas. File size is 55mb.
http://www.zippyshare.com/ This site should be good
While I like ZippyShare for downloading I have not used it for uploading so we'll see how it works.
Here is a link:
http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/51224886/file.html
What I like about 4shared is that they do not delete your files if there is no activity after x amount of days like some other services which means fewer dead links.
Mega link:
https://mega.co.nz/#!7EBl1BQK!1AsS6P_6XdB-Dcdcy9TDECW0Su3tVKFFbcFqS2xjqi0
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